“He’s stubborn,” Rylee said, repeating Coop’s words from the day before. “He won’t give me the ring until he hears my answer.” She grinned at Coop’s mock scowl.
“Well?” Melody prompted.
“Yeah, well?” Coop added.
Rylee held out her left hand, wiggling her blackened fingers. Juggling the leashes, Coop pulled the box from his pocket but didn’t immediately slip the ring on her finger. With her hand in his, he hesitated, his eyes full of love and promise.
“Don’t you have something to say to me first?” he asked.
“Yep.”
“Then go ahead.”
“I’m really glad you suggested that dating thing.”
“Me too.” His eyes narrowed in warning. “What else?”
She looked down at the dogs, meeting Pippin’s excited eyes.
He’s my boy! The one you said would love me as much as I love him.
A startled laugh bubbled up her throat and she jerked her gaze back to Coop. “Pippin thinks you’ll make a fine daddy.”
A wince crossed Coop’s face and he swore. “Are you sure that condition isn’t negotiable?”
“I’m sure,” she said and grinned.
He dodged the tongue Pippin swiped at their joined hands, but humor twinkled in his eyes. “Fine. And?”
“And I’m not sure I’ll make a good political wife.”
“I am.” He leaned in until his mouth brushed hers. “Say it, Rylee.”
“I love you, too, Cooper Reed.”
Rylee didn’t give a thought to the flash of Melody’s camera. She paid no heed to the picture they made—the handsome young attorney, his mouth lowered to that of the grimy philanthropist with a heart for heroes and troublesome dogs. But the resulting photograph earned a cherished place in her heart, and introduced the world to America’s future attorney general and his dog-whisperer wife.
A word about the author...
Mac is a wife, mother, really young grandmother and breast cancer survivor living her dream. Along with her husband of thirty years, a neurotic Pomeranian, and a blind cat, she lives in Phoenix because the southwest feeds her soul.
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